Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-11
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
An Interesting Meeting Held Last Even

An Interesting Meeting Held Last Even
Ing Concerning a New Market, Etc.
A special meeting of the Executive Com
nittee of the City and County Improve
ment Association was held last even
ing, DR.. Simmons presiding, and j.
O.. Coleman, Secretary. There was
full attendance to consider the subject
of the city acquiring title and pos
session of the south half of blocks living
on the north side of street between Third
! and Fifth, for the purpose OF establishing
thereon public market for hay, wood,
vegetable, and any other general purposes.
Frank Miller, Chairman of the Commit
tee on China Slough, made statement of
the desirability OF such an improvement,
the adaptability of the locality, the benefit
ii would be to substitute such public
mart in place of the present nnsightly,
tumble-down section of Chinatown, and
the benefit it would also be to those receiv-
ing produce by railroad, or desiring to ship
from market or other points.
Judge Beatty, r. t. Deylin and Grove l..
Johnson were called upon, and gave their
views as to the power of the city TO con-
denim portion of Chinatown for the pub
lie uses named. and stated that full au-
thority was vested in the city to do so, and
favored the movement.
P. L. Platt regarded the proposition as an
important one to the fruit and produce
trade of the city and county. 1t was CEN
tral, and with the railroad track laid, as it
would be, on the alley at the north side of
the market, present facilities for shipping
and receiving fruit, and the various kinds
of produce, would be greatly improved.
He said that ninety per cent. of all the fruit
shipped from California to the East was
sent from this city, and present facilities
are inadequate. Two-thirds of the time
now required to load fruit cars could often
be saved if additional facilities were thus
afforded.
Mr. Sellinger made similar remarks, and
said the work of handling ice, COAL etc.,
handled here, could be moved for less ex-
pense by the establishing of such market
and the change in facilities that would be
afforded by change of tracks, etc.
A. Abbott gave an account of an investi-
CATION he had made of the Chinatown
property, under plan some time since en-
tertained to form syndicate and buy the
entire area occupied by the Chinese. An
attempt was made to bond the property for
purchaser, but such exorbitant prices
were asked that the project was abandoned.
He favored the market plan.
Engineers Pearson and Bassett made
ototCiiOhNc ao " tlC pIobdblC Coot VI iAC
work of filling, the present condition, etc.
1t was thought that to fill the half of the
two blocks on the north side of l street,
between Third and Fifth streets, would
cost, at thirty cents per cubic yard, about
$4,000.
Remarks favoring the plan of establish
ing market there, occupying the ground
proposed, were made by DR.. Cluness, AL
bert Gallatin, Dir. Simmons, City Trustee
Ryan, ]. O. Coleman, L. K. Alsip,
A. Leonard, D. Lubip, Captain Dwyer,
J. NJ. Avery and others. 1t was
thought that not high value
could be placed upon the lots, as it would
cost nearly as much to fill most of them as
they would bring when filled, and that the
cost of the lots and filling would not make
an amount so large but that the people
would willingly vote it, either by special
tax or in issuance of bonds, with view of
wiping out the most unsightly part of
Chinatown, to say nothing of the benefit to
be derived from the establishment of a
public market it SO advantageous place.
Finally, by unanimous vote, Judge Beatty,
A. Abbott and Frank Miller were ap-
pointed special committee to proceed
Immediately with the necessary steps to
have condemned and acquire title to the
section described, for market purposes.